Meeting started by an introduction for each one of them. Eric told them what CEDAC means and its work in Burundi. As he said, CEDAC is a nonprofit organization working in armed violence reduction and victim assistance. He explained that many campaign against illegal arms were organized in Burundi and CEDAC participated in different UN meeting on arms in New York.

The victim assistance program consists on empowering conditions of life of victims in:

-Economic reintegration, psychosocial support by using peer to peer support and Gender based violence He ended his speech by saying that CEDAC is starting ambassadorial program around the world with two main objectives:

.Expend CEDAC program and assist local communities by providing services that are specifically needed to a particular community

.Get People to know CEDAC and get them involve in one of the following ways:

.By being a volunteer, friend or supporter of CEDAC

By being a donor

.By being a partner or design programs in partnership with CEDAC

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Victim Assistance

Our vision

CEDAC vision is a peaceful and sustainable developed world. Some of the organisation's members have directly participated in armed conflict, while others have been victims of conflict through their indirect participation. CEDAC wants to interlink all victims of conflict within and across borders. Our vision seeks to eliminate conflict and sustain peace by creating means of reintegration for ex-combatants and others indirectly affected by conflict.

Our mission

Our mission is to support all victims of armed conflict. We seek to reduce armed violence through job creation, as well as offering other types of victim assistance such as psychosocial support to facilitate reintegration into society.

Our Staff

Ex-combatants

CEDAC runs initiatives to redress the lack of projects aimed at female ex-combatants. Read more

CEDAC values

At CEDAC, we hold our values of transparency, tolerance and honesty in the highest regard, because without these values we would not be able to survive as a not-for profit aid organisation. For example, without transparency our finical supporters, those involved in our projects and other stakeholders would not be able to hold us accountable. This in turn leads to an environment of mistrust.

It goes without saying that we uphold and value honesty at CEDAC. We believe that acting openly and honesty is not only good practice, but is essential for working in development and aid.

CEDAC is built also under a tolerance basis. This implies a high degree of acceptance for differences of races and ethnicity, background and diversity of ideas. Thus, CEDAC is an environment where contribution is reserved for everyone.